eTown

eTown is celebrating 35 years making high quality radio shows that feature a great variety of musical artists as well as interviews with plethora of interesting guests. This week's compilation show is Part One of two but in reality, we could make hundreds of such shows as the treasure trove of archival content goes deep and wide. Part One features such musical artists as: The Blind Boys of Alabama, Shawn Colvin, J.J. Cale, Gillian Welch & David Rawlings, Billy Strings and more. Also we revisit chats that Nick had with former Vice President Al Gore and comedic author, Dave Barry. That's all this week on eTown! Visit our Youtube Channel to see artist interviews, live recordings, studio sessions, and more! Be a part of the audience at our next recording: https://www.etown.org/etown-hall/all-events/ Your support helps us bring concerts, tapings and conversations to audiences while fostering connection through music, ideas and community. If you'd like to support eTown's mission to educate, entertain and inspire a diverse audience through music and conversation, please consider a donation: https://www.etown.org/get-involved/donate-orig/.

Wow - what a dynamic show we have for you this week! From Oakland, California comes the Blues and R&B stylings of The California Honeydrops, led by the charismatic Lech Wierzynski. Also from Oakland comes our second musical act, Miko Marks who brings with her a soulful voice and presence. Nick also visits with Emma Weber, a teenage environmental activist from the Boulder hub of Sunrise Movement, about her work toward a better future. That's all this week on eTown! Visit our Youtube Channel to see artist interviews, live recordings, studio sessions, and more! Be a part of the audience at our next recording: https://www.etown.org/etown-hall/all-events/ Your support helps us bring concerts, tapings and conversations to audiences while fostering connection through music, ideas and community. If you'd like to support eTown's mission to educate, entertain and inspire a diverse audience through music and conversation, please consider a donation: https://www.etown.org/get-involved/donate-orig/.

Joining us at eTown this week are Cary Ann Hearst and Michael Trent of the dynamic duo, Shovels & Rope. Rounding out the musical portion of the show is the Denver bluesman, Nic Clark. Also, Nick sits down with Jim Pugh, keyboardist extraordinaire to discuss Little Village, a non-profit record company that Jim founded. That's all this week on eTown! Visit our Youtube Channel to see artist interviews, live recordings, studio sessions, and more! Be a part of the audience at our next recording: https://www.etown.org/etown-hall/all-events/ Your support helps us bring concerts, tapings and conversations to audiences while fostering connection through music, ideas and community. If you'd like to support eTown's mission to educate, entertain and inspire a diverse audience through music and conversation, please consider a donation: https://www.etown.org/get-involved/donate-orig/.

Robyn Hitchcock, along with Emma Swift, joins us at eTown this week to provide a glimpse into the mind of an eccentric "professional Englishman" that now lives in Nashville. Also joining us is heartfelt singer-songwriter Taylor Ashton, a Canadian transplant whose songs stir all the feels. Nick also has a conversation with Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser. That's all this week on eTown! Visit our Youtube Channel to see artist interviews, live recordings, studio sessions, and more! Be a part of the audience at our next recording: https://www.etown.org/etown-hall/all-events/ Your support helps us bring concerts, tapings and conversations to audiences while fostering connection through music, ideas and community. If you'd like to support eTown's mission to educate, entertain and inspire a diverse audience through music and conversation, please consider a donation: https://www.etown.org/get-involved/donate-orig/.

This week we revisit a show from last year where Kathleen Edwards returned to eTown after an over 20-year hiatus, along with her cohort, Gord Tough, to share with us her beautiful and tear-conjuring songs. Also on this week's show is Colorado based singer-songwriter Cary Morin who is joined by his wife, Celeste Di Iorio. Cary is a unique guitar player with a soulful voice and a great story to tell. That's all this week on eTown! Visit our Youtube Channel to see artist interviews, live recordings, studio sessions, and more! Be a part of the audience at our next recording: https://www.etown.org/etown-hall/all-events/ Your support helps us bring concerts, tapings and conversations to audiences while fostering connection through music, ideas and community. If you'd like to support eTown's mission to educate, entertain and inspire a diverse audience through music and conversation, please consider a donation: https://www.etown.org/get-involved/donate-orig/.

Join us as eTown goes back in time and on the road to Bentonville, Arkansas. Our musical guests include the hilariously funny yet seriously talented duo The Milk Carton Kids along with the tradition-stretching sonic talents of Buffalo Nichols. Nick also discusses the community-building magic of barbeque with local Bentonville hero, Nate Walls. That's all this week on eTown! Visit our Youtube Channel to see artist interviews, live recordings, studio sessions, and more! Be a part of the audience at our next recording: https://www.etown.org/etown-hall/all-events/ Your support helps us bring concerts, tapings and conversations to audiences while fostering connection through music, ideas and community. If you'd like to support eTown's mission to educate, entertain and inspire a diverse audience through music and conversation, please consider a donation: https://www.etown.org/get-involved/donate-orig/.

Wow - what a great show we have for you this week! Dame Rickie Lee Jones joins us from New Orleans to share her wisdom and music. And from Austin, Texas by way of Paris, France comes Theo Lawrence who, as a young Frenchman, sings new original songs that allude to the classic country of the American past. Nick also discusses the complicated realities of US immigration policy with attorney, Tiago Guevara. That's all this week on eTown! Visit our Youtube Channel to see artist interviews, live recordings, studio sessions, and more! Be a part of the audience at our next recording: https://www.etown.org/etown-hall/all-events/ Your support helps us bring concerts, tapings and conversations to audiences while fostering connection through music, ideas and community. If you'd like to support eTown's mission to educate, entertain and inspire a diverse audience through music and conversation, please consider a donation: https://www.etown.org/get-involved/donate-orig/.

Martin Earley and Calin Peters are The Ballroom Thieves and, this week, they travel to eTown to share the bill with Canadian songsmith, Ron Sexsmith. Also on the show, Nick discusses sharks and the environmental impact of pollution on our waters with Dr. Mikki McComb-Kobza, Chief Scientist and Executive Director of the Ocean First Institute. That's all this week on eTown! Visit our Youtube Channel to see artist interviews, live recordings, studio sessions, and more! Be a part of the audience at our next recording: https://www.etown.org/etown-hall/all-events/ Your support helps us bring concerts, tapings and conversations to audiences while fostering connection through music, ideas and community. If you'd like to support eTown's mission to educate, entertain and inspire a diverse audience through music and conversation, please consider a donation: https://www.etown.org/get-involved/donate-orig/.

Dave Alvin and Jimmie Dale Gilmore are still here! Join us as we revisit this wonderful show featuring great music and fun conversation with this wonderful duo of musical legends. Also on stage is Brennen Leigh from Texas who shares her flavorful blend of classic Country music. Nick also has a sit-down with Lisa Morey, inventor of EcoBlox, to discuss the future of building with ancient materials. That's all this week, on eTown! Visit our Youtube Channel to see artist interviews, live recordings, studio sessions, and more! Be a part of the audience at our next recording: https://www.etown.org/etown-hall/all-events/ Your support helps us bring concerts, tapings and conversations to audiences while fostering connection through music, ideas and community. If you'd like to support eTown's mission to educate, entertain and inspire a diverse audience through music and conversation, please consider a donation: https://www.etown.org/get-involved/donate-orig/.

Oh boy, do we have an entertaining show for you this week! Visiting eTown for the first time is Steve Poltz, singer-songwriter and amazing storyteller. And from Nashville, also for her first time, comes talented singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, Rachel Baiman. We also take a trip back in time to visit our archives to listen to Dr. Stephen Schneider discuss his views on climate change. That's all this week, on eTown! Visit our Youtube Channel to see artist interviews, live recordings, studio sessions, and more! Be a part of the audience at our next recording: https://www.etown.org/etown-hall/all-events/ Your support helps us bring concerts, tapings and conversations to audiences while fostering connection through music, ideas and community. If you'd like to support eTown's mission to educate, entertain and inspire a diverse audience through music and conversation, please consider a donation: https://www.etown.org/get-involved/donate-orig/.

This week we revisit a show that featured The Lil Smokies from Montana and Emily Scott Robinson from Telluride to eTown Hall. The Lil Smokies have graduated from 'up and coming' to 'fully arrived' - they showcase their hyper-melodic brand of song-strong Bluegrass music. Emily Scott Robinson shares the stage with her sultry voice and plays a 'spooky' tune with Nick, Helen and The eTones. Also, Christina Carlson, from Urban Peak in Denver, talks to Nick about youth and homelessness. That's all this week, on eTown! Visit our Youtube Channel to see artist interviews, live recordings, studio sessions, and more! Be a part of the audience at our next recording: https://www.etown.org/etown-hall/all-events/ Your support helps us bring concerts, tapings and conversations to audiences while fostering connection through music, ideas and community. If you'd like to support eTown's mission to educate, entertain and inspire a diverse audience through music and conversation, please consider a donation: https://www.etown.org/get-involved/donate-orig/.

This week, we revisit a show featuring The Band of Heathens from Austin, Texas. And marking her first visit to the eTown stage is outlaw Country phenom Jaime Wyatt from Nashville, Tennessee. Nick also has a sit-down with Aaron Miripol, President and CEO of the Urban Land Conservancy to discuss the benefits of neighborhood preservation. That's all this week, on eTown! Visit our Youtube Channel to see artist interviews, live recordings, studio sessions, and more! Be a part of the audience at our next recording: https://www.etown.org/etown-hall/all-events/ Your support helps us bring concerts, tapings and conversations to audiences while fostering connection through music, ideas and community. If you'd like to support eTown's mission to educate, entertain and inspire a diverse audience through music and conversation, please consider a donation: https://www.etown.org/get-involved/donate-orig/.

This week at eTown, we pay special tribute to Bob Weir, who spent a lifetime shaping the sound of American music. As a founding member of the Grateful Dead and a restless creative force beyond it, his songs have carried generations through questions of freedom, community, loss, joy and the long road in between. This show features music and conversation from Bob's visit to eTown in 2017, as well as a clip of a tune he and bassist Rob Wasserman played in eTown all the way back in 1993. That's all this week on eTown! Visit our Youtube Channel to see artist interviews, live recordings, studio sessions, and more! Be a part of the audience at our next recording: https://www.etown.org/etown-hall/all-events/ Your support helps us bring concerts, tapings and conversations to audiences while fostering connection through music, ideas and community. If you'd like to support eTown's mission to educate, entertain and inspire a diverse audience through music and conversation, please consider a donation: https://www.etown.org/get-involved/donate-orig/.

It's 2026, and this week we feature our first new show for the New Year! Singer-songwriter and forager Sean Rowe joins us from Troy, New York. And from Vancouver, British Columbia, comes another singer-songwriter - Dan Mangan. And Nick has an interactive interview with Matt Butler, conductor of the Everyone Orchestra. That's all this week on eTown! Visit our Youtube Channel to see artist interviews, live recordings, studio sessions, and more! Be a part of the audience at our next recording: https://www.etown.org/etown-hall/all-events/ Your support helps us bring concerts, tapings and conversations to audiences while fostering connection through music, ideas and community. If you'd like to support eTown's mission to educate, entertain and inspire a diverse audience through music and conversation, please consider a donation: https://www.etown.org/get-involved/donate-orig/.

We revisit a very cool show this week... From North Mississippi comes Hill Country Blues master Cedric Burnside, and from the Northwest comes Americana artist Margo Cilker. Nick also has an in-depth conversation with interview guest and autism expert Dr. Temple Grandin from Northern Colorado. That's all this week on eTown! Visit our Youtube Channel to see artist interviews, live recordings, studio sessions, and more! Be a part of the audience at our next recording: https://www.etown.org/etown-hall/all-events/ Your support helps us bring concerts, tapings and conversations to audiences while fostering connection through music, ideas and community. If you'd like to support eTown's mission to educate, entertain and inspire a diverse audience through music and conversation, please consider a donation: https://www.etown.org/get-involved/donate-orig/.

This week on eTown, we're revisiting a special roadshow taped in 2022 at Red Rocks Amphitheater in Morrison, Colorado. We have alternative rock band Wilco (led by Jeff Tweedy) and outlaw country singer-songwriter Margo Price. Along with some incredible music from the two, the episode also includes Nick Forster's chats with Jeff and Margo backstage at the iconic venue. That's all this week on eTown! Visit our Youtube Channel to see artist interviews, live recordings, studio sessions, and more! Be a part of the audience at our next recording: https://www.etown.org/etown-hall/all-events/ Your support helps us bring concerts, tapings and conversations to audiences while fostering connection through music, ideas and community. If you'd like to support eTown's mission to educate, entertain and inspire a diverse audience through music and conversation, please consider a donation: https://www.etown.org/get-involved/donate-orig/.

Canadian Dallas Green is City and Colour. His buddy, Matt Kelly joins him onstage at eTown Hall to perform some amazingly soulful tunes. New Yorkers Kristin Slipp and Cole Kamen-Green are mmeadows. This husband and wife duo display their unique brand of electronica featuring Kristin's dynamic and soaring vocals. Jon Goldstein is a Senior Director at the Environmental Defense Fund. He sits down with Nick to discuss turning the wrench on leaking natural gas. That's all this week on eTown! Visit our Youtube Channel to see artist interviews, live recordings, studio sessions, and more! Be a part of the audience at our next recording: https://www.etown.org/etown-hall/all-events/ Your support helps us bring concerts, tapings and conversations to audiences while fostering connection through music, ideas and community. If you'd like to support eTown's mission to educate, entertain and inspire a diverse audience through music and conversation, please consider a donation: https://www.etown.org/get-involved/donate-orig/.

What happens when an octogenarian, a tech titan, and two young singer-songwriters walk into a bar... or onto a stage? Well, that's what's happening this week on eTown! Visit our Youtube Channel to see artist interviews, live recordings, studio sessions, and more! Be a part of the audience at our next recording: https://www.etown.org/etown-hall/all-events/ Your support helps us bring concerts, tapings and conversations to audiences while fostering connection through music, ideas and community. If you'd like to support eTown's mission to educate, entertain and inspire a diverse audience through music and conversation, please consider a donation: https://www.etown.org/get-involved/donate-orig/.

Join us as we revisit the first live taping in eTown Hall for over two years after the shutdown! This show features local Boulder, Colorado hero, Daniel Rodriguez, of Elephant Revival fame, as well as Sarah Voss and Daniel Wolff of the band Dead Horses. Nick also sits down with Matt Richtel, author of An Elegant Defense: The Extraordinary Science of the Immunity System, for a short chat. That's all this week on eTown! Visit our Youtube Channel to see artist interviews, live recordings, studio sessions, and more! Be a part of the audience at our next recording: https://www.etown.org/etown-hall/all-events/ Your support helps us bring concerts, tapings and conversations to audiences while fostering connection through music, ideas and community. If you'd like to support eTown's mission to educate, entertain and inspire a diverse audience through music and conversation, please consider a donation: https://www.etown.org/get-involved/donate-orig/.

This week we revisit a wonderful eTown show featuring musical guest, Kate Bollinger, a breathy singer whose music is charming and captivating. Also featured this week is Matt Pond PA, comprised of Matt Pond and Chris Hansen, whose music is both poetic and heartfelt. And, Nick has a chat with Roger Briggs about his book, "Emerging World: The Evolution of Consciousness and the Future of Humanity" and the need for positive messaging. That's all this week on eTown! Visit our Youtube Channel to see artist interviews, live recordings, studio sessions, and more! Be a part of the audience at our next recording: https://www.etown.org/etown-hall/all-events/ Your support helps us bring concerts, tapings and conversations to audiences while fostering connection through music, ideas and community. If you'd like to support eTown's mission to educate, entertain and inspire a diverse audience through music and conversation, please consider a donation: https://www.etown.org/get-involved/donate-orig/.